Privacy Policy

The IPFA is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

Our website uses cookies for several legitimate purposes. We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

2 information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us as a IPFA member (including name, email, place of employment, company logo, employment position, confirmation of attendance for events or meetings,credit/debit card information, company description, suggestions for meeting agenda topics and other types of feedback and information when needed to provide a product or service you requested.)

3 information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (including name, email address, place of employment, company position)

4 any other information that you choose to send to us (including photos and user biographies)

Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy.

(3) Cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the website. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; keep track of events you register for; prevent fraud and increase website security and track membership usage. We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognise you when you visit; keep track of your preferences in relation to your use of our website.

This website uses;

WordPress session cookies for all users

WordPress persistent cookies for logged in members

Google Analytics cookies for website usage statistics

(4) Using your personal information

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

1 administer the website;2 improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;3 enable your use of the services available on the website;4 send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;5 send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;6 send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;7 send you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you, by email or similar technology (and you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);8 provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;9 deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;10 keep the website secure and prevent fraud;11 verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website (including monitoring private messages sent through our website private messaging service);

Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us.

Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on the website. You can adjust your privacy settings by visiting http://www.ipfa.org/.

We will not, without your express consent, provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

(5) Disclosures

We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, agents, or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.

We may disclose your personal information to any member of our association insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.]

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

1 to the extent that we are required to do so by law;2 in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;3 in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);4 to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

(6) International data transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Information which you provide may be transferred to countries (including the United States, Singapore, South Africa) which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area.

In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.

(7) Security of your personal information

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.

You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

You are responsible for keeping your password and other login details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

(8) Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.

(9) Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:

1 the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10); and2 the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by sending an email to us. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

(10) Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

(11) Updating information

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

(12) Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email to info@ipfa.org or by post to: